infructuosus
From LSJ
ἔτυχες εἰς τὴν μάχην ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ πεμφθεὶς → you happened to be sent into the battle by the general
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-fructŭōsus: a, um, adj.,
I unfruitful (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: vites, Col. Arb. 8, 4: cultura, id. 11, 2, 32. —
II Trop., fruitless, useless: preces, Plin. Ep. 8, 23: epistula, Sen. Contr. 3, 19 fin.: militia, Tac. H. 1, 51.— Adv.: infructŭōsē, fruitlessly, uselessly, Hier. Ep. 12, n. 16; Aug. Ep. 67, n. 6.—Comp., Sid. Ep. 1, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
īnfrūctŭōsus,¹⁴ a, um, infructueux, stérile : Col. Arb. 8, 4 ; Rust. 11, 2, 32 || [fig.] : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 3, 19 ; Tac. H. 1, 51.
